bioeconomy
The bioeconomy is a grand industrial policy that turns plant life into profit. It rebrands microbes as resources, converting everything from plastics to fuels under the banner of “renewable.” Yet in practice it burns food crops, replaces forests with energy plantations, and eventually auctions off the planet’s own generators. It sounds cutting-edge, but the real art lies in how elegantly one can balance profit margins with ecological impact. In this petri dish called “sustainability,” Earth remains the ultimate stage for irony.